Let CMS know how you feel about the changes by the Dec. 6 deadline. If your head is spinning from the number of balance billing policy changes that have come down the pike over the last year, you are not [...]
Weigh in on the changes before the deadline. If you’re reworking your billing protocols, you may want to single out your balance billing policies for an overhaul in light of a new rule. The feds offer clarity and promises of [...]
Hint: CY 2021 MPFS payments are impacted. After months of stalling, Congress finally passed a COVID relief bill late last month. Several of the law’s provisions concern Medicare, offering Part B providers much-needed assistance. Read on for the breakdown. Now: Following [...]
As part of its recent stimulus efforts, the government decided to promote telehealth with more funding opportunities. After significant negotiations, Congress passed H.R. 133 on Dec. 21, 2020. The bill, which is titled the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, was signed [...]
Hint: Changes impact 2021 MPFS payments. With COVID-19 numbers skyrocketing, the feds hammered out a last-minute deal with a plethora of goodies for Medicare providers. Read on for the details. Backtrack: Originally, in its calendar year (CY) 2021 Medicare Physician [...]
Know these updates to juvenile osteochrondosis and arthritis coding. 2021 ICD-10-CM changes relevant to orthopedic coding will go into effect Oct. 1, 2020. Use the next few weeks to become comfortable with the changes before you need to implement them [...]
Code sets get major upgrade in new Dx book. ICD-10 2021 will feature three major revisions to codes representing juvenile osteochondrosis (JO), and more than a dozen new codes to provide a more detailed picture of the patient’s injury via [...]
Therapy episodes would get reimbursed less. If your claims are dominated by episodes with high therapy, no recent hospital stays, or patients with behavioral health conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or drug addiction, Medicare’s draft for HH PPS payment [...]
Plus: Infection and inflammatory reaction choices have numerous changes. With the first official round of ICD-10 updates going into effect on Oct. 1, it’s crucial to spend the next two months preparing for the changes that will affect your practice [...]
Question: What diagnosis code can we submit for a left uretero-intestinal anastomotic stricture? New York Subscriber Answer: For stricture in the ureter, you can submit ICD-9 code 593.3 (Stricture or kinking of ureter). Later this year, when you switch to ICD-10, you [...]
